My daughter lives in East Tennessee near the Virginia state line (and I live in Virginia). She has the advantage of no income tax and she drops across the line into Virginia to shop with a low sales tax. Also, living here is cheap.

Congrats to the OP for having the guts to make a positive change in your life. We would welcome you and your family to Tn. More people need to take control of their lives and migrate to places more friendly to the US Constitution, be it here or some other gun friendly states.

The Chattanooga area is prime I think. But i am a little bias. The inner city is rough, but suburbs are great. Atlanta, Knoxville, and Nashville are all 2 hrs away or less. Nice mountains surrounding the city and plenty of cheap land and low cost of living.

I recently traveled to Nashville. Before going, I checked the Tennessee laws at handgunlaw.us, and found some restrictions troubling.
1. There seems to be a restriction on having a round chambered in a vehicle.
2. Ambiguous laws on carrying in TVA areas and Land Between the Lakes.

I think I misread the restriction in city parks and trails. Seems okay there now that I re-read the info.

No restriction on having a round chambered inside your vehicle in a handgun IF you have the HCP.
There are no restrictions on carry inside places like the Land Between the Lakes or any park as long as you have a HCP. Everything depends on the HCP.
There are local restrictions on park carry which generally mean parks inside the city, not state parks, national parks, national forests, WMA's and so forth. BUT, you can not shoot in national forests (all WMA's in TN as far as I know) except at ranges, during hunting season if you have the required permit for that WMA, or for self defense. Basically, you can't take a walk in the woods in a WMA carrying a 22 rifle and plink while you are there legally. That particular rule needs to change.

if i can find a position teaching or administrative position, I'm on my way, guns and all!

Mike Madigan, Pat Quinn, and Rahm Emanuel can keep their mess. It's too bad, because the people of Illinois are okay, they just make stupid choices when it comes to politicians.

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Should you find yourself on the western end of TN, come see us in AR. We'll recognize y'all's permit! (Oh, and be sure you understand the correct usage of "y'all." It's a very important word in both TN and AR.)

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TN is on my short list of states to move to, from IL. IL makes many states look very good by comparison.

I'm close to retirement, and will be on a fixed income. So taxes are important to me. TN looks pretty good since they don't tax income, or pensions, or SS. The sales tax you control by simply not spending as much money on buying things.

KY is a bit higher in tax bite, but has very good gun laws. MO is a little rougher on taxes, they even tax SS and pensions, but have exemptions. I have more research to do.

I've worked in KY, but haven't been to TN yet. I will fix that later this year. KY is a beautiful state, and I've heard the same about TN. Of course, among IL's other faults is it's built like a pool table. The only high things are crime and taxes.

We are #1 in governors serving time, though. WooHoo, we're number one!!

I am ready to move. I already know the difference between y'all and all y'all. I learned that in KY. LOL

i just gained a new neighbor from IL. they have been here a few months. the husband was amazed that he could almost walk out his back door and pop off a few rounds if he wanted. his wife is a very good cook. anyone that can put up with this old man has to be good people

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" Of every One-Hundred men, Ten shouldn't even be there, Eighty are nothing but targets, Nine are real fighters... We are lucky to have them...They make the battle. Ah, but the One, One of them is a Warrior... and He will bring the others back."
- Heraclitus (circa 500 BC)

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